I made this cake on Friday for a little get-together a friend’s house…I was surprised how perfectly it turned out. The cake was high, but still dense and moist, and the icing was a perfect match for the pumpkin and spices. I usually don’t like cream cheese icing, but paired with this cake, I thought it was fantastic.

I’m about halfway through Season 2 of Project Runway…oh, Santino. I had heard of him, but nothing prepared me for his drama. He’s different from Wendy Pepper, though…it seemed that Wendy was never really nice to anyone, and was always scheming. Santino is just a drama queen, who seems to be a real person underneath. I think.

I’ve just started Julie and Julia, by Julie Powell…I’m only a couple of pages into it, so I don’t have much to say about it yet, but I’m anxious to read about her year of cooking Julia Child’s recipes. I’m also on the waiting list for The Omnivore’s Dilemma at the library, but I’m 28th on the list, so it will be a while before I can report on that.

In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin-pie spice. In a large bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, butter, and pumpkin puree until combined. Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture, and mix gently until smooth.

Turn batter into prepared pan, and smooth top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with just a few moist crumbs attached, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool cake 10 minutes in pan, then turn out of pan, and cool completely, right side up, on a rack.

Spread top of cooled cake with Honey Frosting. Cut cake into squares to serve.

wow, honey frosting! what a great idea. i’ve been craving all things pumpkin and squash these days. i think i’m turning orange! and Julie & Julia was good, although I think I ended up likeing the idea of the book and what she did more than her actual writing. she kind of wigs out a lot, but it was a good relaxing read. makes my occaisonal attempt at semi-difficult recipes seem like a cake walk! and omnivore’s dilemma is on my list too… not being an omnivore, i still want to read it!

That looks just delicious. I’ll have to try it also. As for the book, I’ve been slowly reading it the past week. And I posted about it yesterday ’cause Pollan, the author, is doing a reading here in NC tomorrow night.